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Watch: Family in Boksburg welcomes quintuplets [video]

Jabulile and Augustine Buthelezi had quite a shock when they arrived at the Botshelong Hospital in Vosloorus to deliver three babies and left with five.

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A couple from Boksburg recently welcomed quintuplets.

It is said to be the fifth quintuplets to be born in South Africa since 1960.

According to IOL, Jabulile and Augustine Buthelezi from Sunward Park in Boksburg had the shock of their lives when they arrived at Botshelong Hospital in Vosloorus to deliver three babies and left with quintuplets.

The quintuplets, one boy and four girls named Siyanda, Sibahle, Simosihle, Silindile and Sindisiwe Buthelezi were born on 6 September 2018, just 15 minutes apart through a C-section.

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Neonatal ICU unit manager Thelma Nkonzo said they were overwhelmed.

“After we had the three, we were confident that we had completed everything, but as the last two were coming out we were overwhelmed.”

The only boy, Siyanda, arrived first and was closely followed by two sisters, Sibahle and Simosihle. As the obstetrician in the delivery room was preparing to clean Jabulile’s uterus, the fourth baby came out

“We started making a joke ‘Don’t close in the fifth one’ and indeed he said ‘another one!’ and that was it,” said the Buthelezi family’s pediatrician, Dr Olivia Matabane.

The babies were reportedly born at 30 weeks, making them about six weeks premature.

“All five of them had respiratory distress because their lungs were premature, but they are now breathing on their own and are steadily gaining weight,” IOL reports.

Matabane said she was surprised that the babies came out weighing more than 1kg especially because they were born prematurely.

It is not clear if the babies have been discharged yet.

Watch: Buthelezi Family welcomes five babies born in Boksburg courtesy of the Multi Media Live

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